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Sort of. You can get a good surface onto cobbles if they are in decent nick but it's not ideal. Those old cobbles are a pain to maintain, paint doesn't stick well and they are very slippy compared to a modern surface. If you go down Back Sneddon out the back of RBS you'll see they are in a rubbish state. Despite that I have to say I do like cobbled streets.
Part of the reason many roads are in poor nick is the use of SMA material. It just doesn't wear well imv.
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We'd play Morton in the final anyway most likely! There have been years were the semi finals have happened after the finals if I'm right.
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Only Sunday to Wednesday. 24hrs from Thursday morning to Sunday night I think.
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Stop pandering to the self-absorbed attention seeker.
Seen Mo in quite a few u20s games. He's solid, if unremarkable. Always looked a bit slight, but then, so do most of the u20s.
He looked alright against Killie on the final day. Certainly looked decent enough to be challenging for a start and should have scored. However I think he was playing left mid rather than left back?
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This was taken as they were chasing down Stannard and Fenn , think it is on St Vincent Street. .
Nah, it's the climb outside Strathclyde University on Montrose Street.
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As for the pyramid system...I think there will need to be further streamlining...potentially regional leagues even from below the second tier which would help combat the issue of big junior clubs not wanting to be involved. With all due respect to the other senior clubs how big an interest and travelling support is there in an Elgin vs Stranraer fixture?
The problem is whilst people at SPL/D1 level talk about regionalising the lower leagues there is little desire from the clubs to do so as they see regional leagues as a marginalising the wee teams and there is more 'prestige' in a national league if you understand.
The junior clubs regionalise into 3- West/East/North because the simply North/South Highland and Lowland league can mean big trips due to spread of clubs- it is possible that an Alloa would be travelling to Elgin in the North or even Cowdenbeath to Stranraer in the South for 2 examples.
This - absolutely. Why would any big Junior club want to lose their powerful status within the Junior League set up to become a toothless bit player in the lower leagues of the Scottish Professional Football League? It's an absolute fallacy to assume that those clubs, their supporters, and their committees see the senior leagues as their zenith.
The news today is a disaster for Scottish Football. The only positive is that we now have one less body f**king up the game, but even that's mooted by the fact that the body doing the takeover is probably the least competent and most corrupted by money of the lot. The games customers don't get anything they want. No expanded leagues, no more variation in opposition, no prospect of lower gate prices or even of better financial management by the financially failing teams in the top flight. It's about as pish as it gets - and all because the clubs in the top two divisions decided they would force through the change with a series of financial threats aimed at the clubs at the bottom of the 42.
I guess there's no reason for me to end my boycott
Correct on the juniors- although some have expressed interest many haven't. Auchinleck may well be happy to play only 22 game and games at Cumnock, Beith, Irvine rather than head into a 36 game setup with longer trips. It is however right that the football league is not a closed shop at the bottom. People deride 'franchise football' but what option is there in Scotland if you want to get into the leagues- not like you could work up whilst clubs like East Stirling scrape along in place 42 every year.
As for the other stuff- depends on your opinion on what the customer wants and what is achievable.
I think we have a better league set-up today than we did yesterday, we've taken a layer of bureaucracy away, we've got a decent league format most are agreeable on and we've balanced the money better from top to bottom. It's not perfect but it is a start.
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The club could have invoked the right to compensation- the fact we aren't...
If you look at European sides at 18/19 years of age players should be right on the level of pushing for the first team place. I'd question some of our youth set-up, but that is a question Scotland wide for teams.
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Sky report that Hearts are to avoid an immediate points deduction.
To be honest I think on the basis of the information out there it is the right call. Hearts have been very lucky over the timing, but considering the season ended Sunday and I think it went to court today, there wasn't much option.
-15 for the start of next season would seem likely though!
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Carey will probably haunt us now. I thought he would have been good if we gave him a run at left mid.
Oh well onwards and upwards...
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So what's the story ? Cost , logistics , planning...................
Costs to build and the profits that the stores are making. The thinking is that the big supermarket race is done, they have built so many. It will mainly be smaller stores in key locations.
Where abouts.
In the Town Centre of Linwood.
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The amounts of money that Tesco will have spent on the land, consultants fees and so forth is unbelievable. Probably over £20million?
Unbelievable.
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To be fair he talked us up from what I remember on Sportsound the day we won the league cup.
He'll be off to the Championship, but a decent player who did well for us.
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Oi Gilmour. Show us the title deeeeeeeeeds.
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Few points on the game from me, being as objective as I can:
1) the game turned not with the first goal, but with a punt up to Isma around the 26th minute. He controlled and turned, and though his shot was tame, it was the first glimpse of what we could do. The mood changed immediately.
2) I'm normally a big advocate of the 4-2-3-1 formation we started with, but it was hopeless on Saturday. The switch to something resembling a 4-4-2 with Isma more central and Gowser deeper was a sound move and showed Danny does have tactical nouse.
3) from that deeper position, Gowser ran the show. What a performance. Composed.
4) my one point of criticism would be that we started running the ball into the corner while it was still 3-1. Hearts sensed panic/blood. We'd have been as well going for a fourth.
5) we missed Thommo when he went off.
6) Newton must have covered 15 miles over the game. Amazing commitment from a loan player, and what a strike.
I agree with most of these. I couldn't believe we were killing time that way so early in a final. With less than 5 minutes to go then fine but with 10-15mins I was worried.
Thommo going off was a real change in momentum. If we went into extra time.... I'm not sure Parkin can cut it to be honest.
Newton was fantastic, always available, didn't hide and that goal was very Andy Dorman IMV.
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Win or lose as long as the boys give 100% and I'm sure they will we'll have a great day. Just hope they have their nerves under control!
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I'd have taken 3rd before the tournament started. We did well this time given the young guys in the squad and the new management. Hope for the future.
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I'm being more than fair. Read the report, it is very, very thin on substance. That report should not be the basis on which to make such a decision. Take another example, "Existing traffic calming combined with street scape will deter vehicles from travelling above a very low speed". Firstly, what do they define as "a very low speed"? 5mph or 25pmh or 30mph? Then consider the "existing taffic calming" which consists of no speed bumps on the High Street and one speed bump on Gilmour Street. Not exactly much in order to prevent cars from travelling "above a very low speed", wouldn't you agree?. Has a full risk assessment been carried out? The lack of dropped kerbs and little deliniation is rather concerning without a major upgrading of the streetscape. That document makes no mention of any major works.
There is no need to do major works to the road as it's almost in a perfect condition for a shared space scheme which is traffic calming. I can't see what works you think are needed beyond sorting the tie-ins.
Shared space could work excellently IMV would see vehicles traffic at low speeds. It's been done on much busier areas and I think would be an excellent addition to Paisley. Putting in dropped kerbs, humps and major delineation is out a 1970s traffic engineering book. Would not meet the sense of place and streetscape this is trying to achieve.
Will Gilmour St be open to traffic too?
Yes one way Southbound from County Square to St Mirren Brae (not through to Back Sneddon). Moss Street would be one way northbound between the High Street and School Wynd/Station car park which would be a vast improvement.
Regarding the airport link, the old branch line up to Renfrew is all pretty much still vacant land and although this would mean that
1 trains wont stop at Gilmour street and 2 they would need to build a new rail bridge over the cart, I've always thought this a more sensible route then looping round the St James interchange.
Feck me they could even build a light rail that terminates at gilmour street.
Yeah it is broken up at Westway however and through Renfrew and at Braehead. Could work well as a light rail scheme but the idiots in Edinburgh that spent way too much have ruined that for everyone. The word tram is a bad word now! Edinburgh's scheme is IMV vastly over engineered- the depth of excavations is unbelievable.
It may be used as a part of Fastlink bus scheme (was a tram until see above!)
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I went to a small town in France a couple of years back it would be the size of Johnstone. It had a lot of businesses, parking was free for 3 hours in some car parks and all day in others. You could drive down all streets, but pedestrians/cyclists had priority so traffic slowly moved about until the outskirts. There wasn't a traffic light in the centre and all the streets and town square were well kept and tidy. However sitting on the outskirts of town were the supermarkets and a huge shopping mall with a multi-storey car park next to the motorway!
The town centre in Paisley is embarrassing and doesn't help with it's reputation. Some of the buildings are falling to bits- the one on the High Street opposite the job centre has been like that for about 5 or 6 years and on Moss Street too yet it takes so long to get these things fixed.
I'm sure we all know people who live just outside the town and barely go in it. Where are the Cinema, theatres and leisure things that attract people into a town centre? The fact it's cheaper for many people to keep a unit empty is wrong. Why can't local councils set business rates based on demand to encourage people to take a punt and open a business? High Rates/Rents and annoying parking and traffic systems kill towns.
New Street is wide enough to allow parking on one side yet it's double yellows and disabled spaces only. I paid 80p on George Street and got a £30 ticket for being less than 10mins late back one day. It was a fair cop, however there was hardly another car in the street. The cost of a extra 30mins parking was 40p yet the council fine you £30 the same as if I didn't bother with a ticket at all! Things like that hardly encourage people to do business there or come in to the town.
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Dragons 3 Glasgow Warriors 53
Stopped too early. Finished NG Dragons 3 Glasgow 60! Fantastic result although Newport's defending was worse than shambolic.
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Talking to an Irish friend last night who reckons Scotland will do them on account of the injury list they have, so you never know.
France still have to go to Dublin, and won't relish that, but you could be right about them turning up against England. It's shaping up nicely.
I agree, they also lost Cain Healy for a stamp after he was cited. I know Scotland have had false dawns and let us down before, but I think we have one of the best chances with Wales and Ireland at home to win these games. We have come close before and won in the last game at Croke Park a few years back now. This side has flaws, but has a lot more talent than the sides of 2009/10.
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Hate to say it but I think England could win all their games. Boo, Hiss!!
Without getting carried away on one good performance v Italy it could come down to a similar thing to 1999 when Scotland won, if on the off chance Scotland can beat Ireland and Wales at home!
This 6 nations is truely an 'anyone can beat anyone scenario'. Even the French who are 0 out of 2, would anyone bank against them not suddenly doing their usual and turning up against England? England with a tough last game in Cardiff. Lot to play for.
Here is hoping it is Scotland's year, unlikely, but you never know. Heck we're the only one of the old 5 nations not to win the 6 nations!
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think the hogshead will be good for hamish's as more spacious for there food side of things plus got the uni there - i frequented the hogshead whilst at uni and going back in september to do my honours so sounds good to me :-)
I was told the Hogshead did alright compared to some other pubs. Used to give a season ticket discount too.
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Aye, I reckon it is an Android issue. I think my web browswer might have been updated either last night or this morning, so this might be at the root of the problem.
I thought this site and P&B used the same platform (not sure what the technical terminology is), so assumed I'd have a similar issue with the latter, but it seems okay.
I'm on Android 4.2 using chrome and I can't get this fault. It did happen on older Android phone so it is down to browsers.
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I graduated in there. Quite a place, but wasted on fcuking students
I graduated from there too and the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. I can honestly say, Coats Memorial is far grander and better! Wasted on students thou!
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Probably bits of both to be honest. No expert in tarmac but it was the joints between sections failed in the last resurfacing.
A lot of Paisley is similar to Seedhill Road and asphalt on top of setts so no real reason it should be worse- although there are a lot of lorries that use the bit near Mill Street. Full reconstruction is likely to be much more expensive and it would be a slow process.